{"id":4547,"date":"2015-04-03T05:15:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T10:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2015-04-03T10:24:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T15:24:39","slug":"teachers-pet-students-robotics-challenge-enter-today-for-a-chance-to-win-3-d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2015\/04\/03\/teachers-pet-students-robotics-challenge-enter-today-for-a-chance-to-win-3-d-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher\u2019s Pet Students\u2019 Robotics Challenge \u2013 Enter today for a chance to win 3-D printer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today my colleague Madhu Govindarajan is here to talk about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/roadTests\/1417\">Teacher\u2019s Pet Students\u2019 Robotics Challenge<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/seth\/2015Q2\/petRobot.png\" alt=\"Robot Challenge\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>The Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Here is how this works:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>MathWorks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/\">Adafruit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\">Element 14<\/a> invite students to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/roadTests\/1417\">submit ideas<\/a> for a robot that can assist in academic settings.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The top 20 proposals win a hardware kit and licences for MATLAB, Simulink and a bunch of toolboxes.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>While building your robot, take pictures and videos, and blog about your progress in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/groups\/stemacademy\">STEM Academy<\/a> area of the element 14 website.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The best blog wins a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cel-robox.com\/\">CEL Robox 3d printer<\/a>!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>The kits<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>If your proposal is chosen, you will have the choice between two kits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Arduino kit, with a wheeled platform:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/seth\/2015Q2\/arduinoKit.png\" alt=\"Arduino kit\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Raspberry Pi kit, including a Pi Camera.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/seth\/2015Q2\/piKit.png\" alt=\"Raspberry kit\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Now it's your turn<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>What kind of robot are you dreaming of? Something to carry your books? To take care of your cat while you are studying? A robot that watches you to ensure you do not fall asleep while studying? To cook for you while you are studying? The options are endless!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Get to the drawing board, and let us know if you have questions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overview-image\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/seth\/2015Q2\/piKit.png\" onError=\"this.style.display ='none';\" \/><\/div><p>Today my colleague Madhu Govindarajan is here to talk about the Teacher\u2019s Pet Students\u2019 Robotics Challenge\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Challenge\r\n\r\nHere is how this works:\r\n\r\n\r\n\tMathWorks, Adafruit and Element 14... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2015\/04\/03\/teachers-pet-students-robotics-challenge-enter-today-for-a-chance-to-win-3-d-printer\/\">read more >><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50,71],"tags":[254,423,333],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4552,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions\/4552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}